Are there alternatives to Best Buy's Geek Squad's Optimization services?

Question

I've heard that the Geek Squad does a lot of BS for a new laptop when providing the Optimization services. I was wondering if there are any alternatives, or possibly do-it-yourself websites or guides to optimizing the laptop on my own.

Answer 1

youtube has some good stuff or fire dog

Answer 2

I do very simple things to optimize my laptop for maximum speed and it's still running like new. But, right now Firedog is doing a free computer checkup even if you did not buy it there but for a limited time only.

Things I do first is to remove unnecessary files for more free space.

http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-21...

Then, scan for viruses and spyware with the better detection programs.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/30...

http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-Pe...

Use the disk cleaner option in Windows, My Computer> Right click on (C) and perform a disk cleanup.

Now defragment the hard drive for quicker access.

http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Disk-D...

Once you defragment the hard drive, do the same for the registry for faster start-up.

http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Regist...

After doing all those things, remove all the programs you installed for optimizing the computer to how it was like before.

This link should help you optimize your computer if you have Vista.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows...

http://www.optimizingpc.com/